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Post by LJG on Feb 1, 2019 15:13:44 GMT
Last night I was fuming because of the signing, another non-goalscoring forward. However, i've thought about it a lot today and think it could actually be a good signing. He's someone Coughlan clearly admires, and it's said he brings about the best in the striker playing next to him. The likes of Nichols, Reilly and Jakubiak were all very poor under Darrell Clarke, but, and this is purely speculation, could this signing be the thing that pushes them to their best? And actually gets goals out of the three of them. Reilly has 3 successful seasons in the 5 before joining us. His standard rate was around 11 a year in the Scottish Championship, so perhaps he's not the man to do it, and neither is Jakubiak, who's never really been a goalscorer. But the reason i'm optimistic about this deal is Nichols, although his lack of goalscoring doesn't suggest it, I think Nichols has been one of our best players this season, he's got a fantastic workrate and his form at Exeter and Peterborough clearly shows that he can score goals. So perhaps this signing could actually boost him to his best. Also, in the case of judging players from their goalscoring records, Payne had a fantastic goalscoring record, but was our worst striker! I genuinely can't get my head around this. There are tons of other similar posts on here too so please explain it to me. The two strikers we have who have scored goals won't score goals but the one who has put away a single penalty in two league seasons will? What possible basis do you have for saying something like that? Please spell out the logic for me because I've completely missed it. |
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Post by Henbury Gas on Feb 1, 2019 15:19:53 GMT
Last night I was fuming because of the signing, another non-goalscoring forward. However, i've thought about it a lot today and think it could actually be a good signing. He's someone Coughlan clearly admires, and it's said he brings about the best in the striker playing next to him. The likes of Nichols, Reilly and Jakubiak were all very poor under Darrell Clarke, but, and this is purely speculation, could this signing be the thing that pushes them to their best? And actually gets goals out of the three of them. Reilly has 3 successful seasons in the 5 before joining us. His standard rate was around 11 a year in the Scottish Championship, so perhaps he's not the man to do it, and neither is Jakubiak, who's never really been a goalscorer. But the reason i'm optimistic about this deal is Nichols, although his lack of goalscoring doesn't suggest it, I think Nichols has been one of our best players this season, he's got a fantastic workrate and his form at Exeter and Peterborough clearly shows that he can score goals. So perhaps this signing could actually boost him to his best. Also, in the case of judging players from their goalscoring records, Payne had a fantastic goalscoring record, but was our worst striker! I genuinely can't get my head around this. There are tons of other similar posts on here too so please explain it to me. The two strikers we have who have scored goals won't score goals but the one who has put away a single penalty in two league seasons will? What possible basis do you have for saying something like that? Please spell out the logic for me because I've completely missed it. I think a word is missing - "potential" Nichols has more potential to score with a big guy beside him.. Time will tell though |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2019 15:58:22 GMT
I can see a good partnership with TN and JCH exciting times 🙏
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2019 16:20:36 GMT
Blockbuster starring Matt Damon
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Post by gasify on Feb 1, 2019 16:45:16 GMT
In recent memory we haven't bought goal scoring forwards We've made them This regime hasn't the dough to buy anyone proven It's going to be ugly frustrating and painful I fear But no point in hand wringing we have to get behind them and be the 12th man And that is something we've been good at over the years UTG Hold up, hold up. Both Payne and Nichols have scored goals at this level. The problem is that they just don't get the service they need and get isolated when we set up defensively (under DC) even when we are at home. Seems we take goal scorers and make them sh**. Nichols work rate is exceptional and I so want him to be the 20 goal a season player we need. Maybe a bit more recognition and man of the match awards might do it for him. Maybe having someone who can hold the ball up for him to run onto. One day I expect us to be saying "f**k we've sold Nichols for £750k and we'll never be able to replace him with that cash". Same for Ellis, one good season is all it takes. |
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Post by stuartcampbell on Feb 1, 2019 16:49:19 GMT
Last night I was fuming because of the signing, another non-goalscoring forward. However, i've thought about it a lot today and think it could actually be a good signing. He's someone Coughlan clearly admires, and it's said he brings about the best in the striker playing next to him. The likes of Nichols, Reilly and Jakubiak were all very poor under Darrell Clarke, but, and this is purely speculation, could this signing be the thing that pushes them to their best? And actually gets goals out of the three of them. Reilly has 3 successful seasons in the 5 before joining us. His standard rate was around 11 a year in the Scottish Championship, so perhaps he's not the man to do it, and neither is Jakubiak, who's never really been a goalscorer. But the reason i'm optimistic about this deal is Nichols, although his lack of goalscoring doesn't suggest it, I think Nichols has been one of our best players this season, he's got a fantastic workrate and his form at Exeter and Peterborough clearly shows that he can score goals. So perhaps this signing could actually boost him to his best. Also, in the case of judging players from their goalscoring records, Payne had a fantastic goalscoring record, but was our worst striker! I genuinely can't get my head around this. There are tons of other similar posts on here too so please explain it to me. The two strikers we have who have scored goals won't score goals but the one who has put away a single penalty in two league seasons will? What possible basis do you have for saying something like that? Please spell out the logic for me because I've completely missed it. Nichols scored 17 goals in League 2 in 36 games in 14/15, and then 10 in 22 in 15/16. Moved to Peterborough, scored 10 goals in 43 games. The potential is there. Jakubiak has done that and Reilly did it but in the Scottish Championship, and in between he had poor seasons. |
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Post by LJG on Feb 1, 2019 16:50:03 GMT
I genuinely can't get my head around this. There are tons of other similar posts on here too so please explain it to me. The two strikers we have who have scored goals won't score goals but the one who has put away a single penalty in two league seasons will? What possible basis do you have for saying something like that? Please spell out the logic for me because I've completely missed it. I think a word is missing - "potential" Nichols has more potential to score with a big guy beside him.. Time will tell though But how does he have more potential than the actual goal-scorers? He's proven he can't do it, the others have proven they can. Where is this potential coming from that actually scoring goals seems to make it disappear but not scoring makes it greater? |
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Post by LJG on Feb 1, 2019 16:52:34 GMT
I genuinely can't get my head around this. There are tons of other similar posts on here too so please explain it to me. The two strikers we have who have scored goals won't score goals but the one who has put away a single penalty in two league seasons will? What possible basis do you have for saying something like that? Please spell out the logic for me because I've completely missed it. Nichols scored 17 goals in League 2 in 36 games in 14/15, and then 10 in 22 in 15/16. Moved to Peterborough, scored 10 goals in 43 games. The potential is there. Jakubiak has done that and Reilly did it but in the Scottish Championship, and in between he had poor seasons. Still doesn't make any sense. The blokes a dud who did alright in league two but is somehow better than our highest scoring strikers. |
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Post by Big Jock on Feb 1, 2019 16:55:26 GMT
Last night I was fuming because of the signing, another non-goalscoring forward. However, i've thought about it a lot today and think it could actually be a good signing. He's someone Coughlan clearly admires, and it's said he brings about the best in the striker playing next to him. The likes of Nichols, Reilly and Jakubiak were all very poor under Darrell Clarke, but, and this is purely speculation, could this signing be the thing that pushes them to their best? And actually gets goals out of the three of them. Reilly has 3 successful seasons in the 5 before joining us. His standard rate was around 11 a year in the Scottish Championship, so perhaps he's not the man to do it, and neither is Jakubiak, who's never really been a goalscorer. But the reason i'm optimistic about this deal is Nichols, although his lack of goalscoring doesn't suggest it, I think Nichols has been one of our best players this season, he's got a fantastic workrate and his form at Exeter and Peterborough clearly shows that he can score goals. So perhaps this signing could actually boost him to his best. Also, in the case of judging players from their goalscoring records, Payne had a fantastic goalscoring record, but was our worst striker! I genuinely can't get my head around this. There are tons of other similar posts on here too so please explain it to me. The two strikers we have who have scored goals won't score goals but the one who has put away a single penalty in two league seasons will? What possible basis do you have for saying something like that? Please spell out the logic for me because I've completely missed it. I think Nichol's will be a better striker in th new set up, ie under GC. Acknowledged he just didn't score under DC however he did play well imo.
Totally understand yer view LJG, but i honestly believe his tally of goals will now improve.
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Post by socrates on Feb 1, 2019 17:10:43 GMT
Nichols scored 17 goals in League 2 in 36 games in 14/15, and then 10 in 22 in 15/16. Moved to Peterborough, scored 10 goals in 43 games. The potential is there. Jakubiak has done that and Reilly did it but in the Scottish Championship, and in between he had poor seasons. Still doesn't make any sense. The blokes a dud who did alright in league two but is somehow better than our highest scoring strikers. Tom Nichols has shown this season that he’s a fantastic footballer in terms of his dribbling, his technique, his first touch, workrate and his vision to play an accurate pass. What he still hasn’t done is show us that he’s going to score plenty for us BUT he has done that elsewhere. Put all those things together and I’d say he’s worth keeping in the side. He’s a much better footballer than Jakubiak or Reilly , I wouldn’t play him up front on his own or even in a 433 but alongside jakubiak or the new lad I think he’ll keep creating goals and start scoring too. ( he scored one and set up both goals on Tuesday). Reilly doesn’t have the strength , determination or skills of Nichols or jakubiak and would be my fourth choice striker moving forward this season. Nichols should play every game and I’d alternate between jakubiak and Harris as his partner for the next few games and whoever scores the most / plays the best keep them with Nichols to try and build a partnership there. |
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Post by LJG on Feb 1, 2019 17:32:46 GMT
Still doesn't make any sense. The blokes a dud who did alright in league two but is somehow better than our highest scoring strikers. Tom Nichols has shown this season that he’s a fantastic footballer in terms of his dribbling, his technique, his first touch, workrate and his vision to play an accurate pass. What he still hasn’t done is show us that he’s going to score plenty for us BUT he has done that elsewhere. Put all those things together and I’d say he’s worth keeping in the side. He’s a much better footballer than Jakubiak or Reilly , I wouldn’t play him up front on his own or even in a 433 but alongside jakubiak or the new lad I think he’ll keep creating goals and start scoring too. ( he scored one and set up both goals on Tuesday). Reilly doesn’t have the strength , determination or skills of Nichols or jakubiak and would be my fourth choice striker moving forward this season. Nichols should play every game and I’d alternate between jakubiak and Harris as his partner for the next few games and whoever scores the most / plays the best keep them with Nichols to try and build a partnership there. Sorry but I fundamentally disagree on most of this but particularly this part. Have you watched him in the warm up in front of an empty net? I still can't see the logic of a non-scoring forward (for two seasons) being considered better than our highest scoring strikers. A couple of weeks ago everyone was begging to sniff Jakubiak's farts on here when he'd scored a few goals. What's happened in the last three weeks to make his ability dive below Mr Halloween 2017? |
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Post by socrates on Feb 1, 2019 17:38:46 GMT
Tom Nichols has shown this season that he’s a fantastic footballer in terms of his dribbling, his technique, his first touch, workrate and his vision to play an accurate pass. What he still hasn’t done is show us that he’s going to score plenty for us BUT he has done that elsewhere. Put all those things together and I’d say he’s worth keeping in the side. He’s a much better footballer than Jakubiak or Reilly , I wouldn’t play him up front on his own or even in a 433 but alongside jakubiak or the new lad I think he’ll keep creating goals and start scoring too. ( he scored one and set up both goals on Tuesday). Reilly doesn’t have the strength , determination or skills of Nichols or jakubiak and would be my fourth choice striker moving forward this season. Nichols should play every game and I’d alternate between jakubiak and Harris as his partner for the next few games and whoever scores the most / plays the best keep them with Nichols to try and build a partnership there. Sorry but I fundamentally disagree on most of this but particularly this part. Have you watched him in the warm up in front of an empty net? I still can't see the logic of a non-scoring forward (for two seasons) being considered better than our highest scoring strikers. A couple of weeks ago everyone was begging to sniff Jakubiak's farts on here when he'd scored a few goals. What's happened in the last three weeks to make his ability dive below Mr Halloween 2017? Nichols is a better footballer , jakubiak is more of a poacher type , good a one on ones and getting on the end of a pass. Hence I think they’d make a good partnership. Were you at the game Tuesday ? Nichols was the best player on the pitch by a mile , it would be madness to leave him out tomorrow and I’d start him with jakubiak. |
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Post by LJG on Feb 1, 2019 17:48:26 GMT
Sorry but I fundamentally disagree on most of this but particularly this part. Have you watched him in the warm up in front of an empty net? I still can't see the logic of a non-scoring forward (for two seasons) being considered better than our highest scoring strikers. A couple of weeks ago everyone was begging to sniff Jakubiak's farts on here when he'd scored a few goals. What's happened in the last three weeks to make his ability dive below Mr Halloween 2017? Nichols is a better footballer , jakubiak is more of a poacher type , good a one on ones and getting on the end of a pass. Hence I think they’d make a good partnership. Were you at the game Tuesday ? Nichols was the best player on the pitch by a mile , it would be madness to leave him out tomorrow and I’d start him with jakubiak. Yes I was at the game but as I've said before I don't see what that has to do with the bloke's atrocious scoring record. He got dropped and we started winning games. Seems simple enough to me. |
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Post by socrates on Feb 1, 2019 17:55:22 GMT
Nichols is a better footballer , jakubiak is more of a poacher type , good a one on ones and getting on the end of a pass. Hence I think they’d make a good partnership. Were you at the game Tuesday ? Nichols was the best player on the pitch by a mile , it would be madness to leave him out tomorrow and I’d start him with jakubiak. Yes I was at the game but as I've said before I don't see what that has to do with the bloke's atrocious scoring record. He got dropped and we started winning games. Seems simple enough to me. We won 3 in a row after DC was sacked ( manager sack bounce) but then didn’t score in 3 games after that. Nichols was then brought back in to the side and we’ve scored 5 goals in the last two games. Without him in the team we’ve got little creativity in the side up front especially considering Sercombe hasn’t hit the heights of last season and lines our best playmaker over the last four years is clearly rusty having not played much this season. You’ve got to have creative players in your squad or you end up with a performance like the one v Wycombe where we had Jakubiak and Payne up front with neither sercombe or lines in midfield.. |
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Post by rememberhalifax on Feb 1, 2019 18:43:26 GMT
I think this post will cover this thread and at least 3 others,'The squad', 'be positive' 'sold down the river'.Starting with the last ,when i started following Rovers 60+ years ago we were a club who tended to see/saw twixt tier 2 and 3 with the odd valiant attempt to reach tier 1.The owners,chairman,directors at that time did not have any relationship with fans and were faceless figures unreachable by us fans and it remained so till the Dunford era who were always looked on as fans like us , approachable, and who steered the club through a real crisis , astonishingly while enjoying some of our best ever seasons! On the return to Bristol fans expectations began to rise and those expectations became difficult and elusive to aspire to and there successors found it equally hard to match fans aspirations,wasting millions of pounds on plans, contents, solicitors, appeals and the like, they were even going to lodge another appeal before they were bailed out by the present owners, these people must have looked on Rovers as a cash cow to be milked dry!So we come to Wael and co and his theory of evolution into a modern,sustainable club with facilities to match which all supporters could be proud of not just the tinters like me!Well the jury is out on that one as some think we are sinking into the abyss.Me ? well i still believe in Wael to deliver, but as a club we now tend to see/saw twixt 3 and 4 ,a drop of one tier in 60 years,does it make any difference to how i feel about Rovers? not a jot! As for the significance of the Jonson signing, well i am convinced he will prove to be the key to open a treasure trove of goals for Tom,Gavin, and Jaks he will be the new Ellis,put himself about a bit(see them taoos!) fed by smiler Ogogo , he will score his share to! Jonson and Ogogo ,a def upgrade from Kyle and Stefan, who IMO did not have the heart for the fight ahead.i think Ogogo will be the creative spark to light the fire in Jonson to explode the strikers into life! have you seen Ogogo's unveiling photo? big smile, compare it to Stefan's Mr glum 'what am i doing here 'unveiling photo! sure the formers big happy chappy personality will lift some of the gloom in the dressing room! vital if we are to survive!So all in all 'We have improved the squad and now have a better chance of finishing above that line come May, would have liked to have taken a punt on someone like the lad from chippenham, or the Pompey trialist, and given them a chance to earn a contract, sure they would have bust a gut to make it, be realistic some of the names banded about on here were never going to come to us and our less than attractive circumstances were they? but to non league rs it would be quite appealing, any way not to be, yet,we must ALL keep the faith, welcome the new boys,show them what being a gas ed means , unconditional support for those boys in the quarters, come on you blues!. ps yes i know its an essay but it covers 4 threads for the price of 1, in true Rovers style!!
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 1, 2019 23:27:26 GMT
Well done rememberhalifax. As I’m the same vintage as you I see things in a very similar way. All this handwringing about it being the worst time ever is just hype. We’ve all seen far worse times and as I haven’t seen us for 6 weeks being in Oz I can’t wait to get back and watch us at Pompey. The ups and downs and owners and scoring and non scoring players doesn’t affect my supporting the club.
UTG!
ps. I haven’t seen as many matches as most on here but socrates is right about Tom N being technically a very good player and one of our best. In the matches I’ve seen he has been unlucky, he’s kept playing and but for a buffoon of a ref against Barnet we might have been where Barnet are now. Unfortunately the stats on his scoring aren’t good but we’ve hard.y played to his strengths this year. I’m optimistic that the goal against Posh and general good play, by the sound of it, will give him a boost.
UTG!
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Post by socrates on Feb 2, 2019 1:43:03 GMT
Well done rememberhalifax. As I’m the same vintage as you I see things in a very similar way. All this handwringing about it being the worst time ever is just hype. We’ve all seen far worse times and as I haven’t seen us for 6 weeks being in Oz I can’t wait to get back and watch us at Pompey. The ups and downs and owners and scoring and non scoring players doesn’t affect my supporting the club. UTG! ps. I haven’t seen as many matches as most on here but socrates is right about Tom N being technically a very good player and one of our best. In the matches I’ve seen he has been unlucky, he’s kept playing and but for a buffoon of a ref against Barnet we might have been where Barnet are now. Unfortunately the stats on his scoring aren’t good but we’ve hard.y played to his strengths this year. I’m optimistic that the goal against Posh and general good play, by the sound of it, will give him a boost. UTG! Yeah this worst ever crap gets pushed about a hell of a lot. League 1 with probably the biggest playing budget we’ve ever had and probably the best ground and facilities we’ve ever had at least since Eastville for sure and people saying things are the worst ever is laughable. We’re also in decent form on the pitch although very few seem to give Coughlan any credit for that either. |
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Post by Henbury Gas on Feb 2, 2019 8:16:32 GMT
Also posted in another thread
Interesting article in a Coventry Rag :-
Out-going Coventry City striker Jonson Clarke-Harris started transfer deadline day wanted by two of the top sides in the division and ended up at the second worst team in League One.
Sky Blues boss Mark Robins revealed the 24-year-old had interest from automatic promotion chasing Portsmouth and Sunderland, as well as play-off hopefuls Fleetwood Town.
But on a remarkable day of events, City went from possibly getting a fee for the centre-forward to simply getting him off the wage bill.
Asked if there was any other interest, Robins said: “There was Fleetwood, there was Sunderland and there was Portsmouth early on.
“I have no idea what happened."
I was told Portsmouth and Sunderland were going to make a bid so then you think what that will look like, and can we do something ourselves off the back of it. But we have had limited time to do it.
“But it just came at the end of play that Tommy Widdrington (City’s former head of recruitment) rang Dave Boddy and expressed Bristol Rovers’ interest and that was done in a short space of time.
“Jonno was in Rotherham and drove down and got the paper work done at quarter to eleven last night, so it was a close one.
“Yesterday morning he wasn’t going anywhere. It just unfolded over the day.”
Robins revealed that Clarke-Harris has earned himself a lucrative deal at the Memorial Stadium that sets him up in life.
I couldn’t stand in Jonno’s way either because of the contract that he’s earned, which is outstanding for him and allows him to develop his life off the field as well,” he said
.“It’s a deal that sets him up.
“The players that have gone haven’t been in the team of late and it just became clear that they would need to play and the window presented us with opportunities to move on and we’re left with the players that we have.”
Abu Ogogo has also signed for the Gas, joining earlier in the day after cancelling his City contract by mutual consent and joining on a free, just seven months after signing on a free in the summer from Shrewsbury Town.
Explaining what had gone wrong for Ogogo, Robins said: “He’s a great lad and just got his head down and worked but just the way the team is evolving means we couldn’t get him in.“He has gone off the Bristol Rovers with Jonno where they will try to further their careers.”
So we did have some money left in the pot or Wael put his hand in his pocket
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Post by pucklegas on Feb 2, 2019 10:55:46 GMT
Also posted in another thread Interesting article in a Coventry Rag :- Out-going Coventry City striker Jonson Clarke-Harris started transfer deadline day wanted by two of the top sides in the division and ended up at the second worst team in League One. Sky Blues boss Mark Robins revealed the 24-year-old had interest from automatic promotion chasing Portsmouth and Sunderland, as well as play-off hopefuls Fleetwood Town. But on a remarkable day of events, City went from possibly getting a fee for the centre-forward to simply getting him off the wage bill. Asked if there was any other interest, Robins said: “There was Fleetwood, there was Sunderland and there was Portsmouth early on. “I have no idea what happened." I was told Portsmouth and Sunderland were going to make a bid so then you think what that will look like, and can we do something ourselves off the back of it. But we have had limited time to do it. “But it just came at the end of play that Tommy Widdrington (City’s former head of recruitment) rang Dave Boddy and expressed Bristol Rovers’ interest and that was done in a short space of time. “Jonno was in Rotherham and drove down and got the paper work done at quarter to eleven last night, so it was a close one. “Yesterday morning he wasn’t going anywhere. It just unfolded over the day.” Robins revealed that Clarke-Harris has earned himself a lucrative deal at the Memorial Stadium that sets him up in life. I couldn’t stand in Jonno’s way either because of the contract that he’s earned, which is outstanding for him and allows him to develop his life off the field as well,” he said .“It’s a deal that sets him up. “The players that have gone haven’t been in the team of late and it just became clear that they would need to play and the window presented us with opportunities to move on and we’re left with the players that we have.” Abu Ogogo has also signed for the Gas, joining earlier in the day after cancelling his City contract by mutual consent and joining on a free, just seven months after signing on a free in the summer from Shrewsbury Town. Explaining what had gone wrong for Ogogo, Robins said: “He’s a great lad and just got his head down and worked but just the way the team is evolving means we couldn’t get him in.“He has gone off the Bristol Rovers with Jonno where they will try to further their careers.” So we did have some money left in the pot or Wael put his hand in his pocketThink come the end wael would nt trust DC with any money, sad. If we stay up and big if most are out of contract at the end of the season so GC will have a blank sheet, what puzzles me is why do we only start trying to business on the last day of the window, or we get messed about proceeding it. Anyway the cov 2 look up for the fight! |
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 2, 2019 11:02:35 GMT
Also posted in another thread Interesting article in a Coventry Rag :- Out-going Coventry City striker Jonson Clarke-Harris started transfer deadline day wanted by two of the top sides in the division and ended up at the second worst team in League One. Sky Blues boss Mark Robins revealed the 24-year-old had interest from automatic promotion chasing Portsmouth and Sunderland, as well as play-off hopefuls Fleetwood Town. But on a remarkable day of events, City went from possibly getting a fee for the centre-forward to simply getting him off the wage bill. Asked if there was any other interest, Robins said: “There was Fleetwood, there was Sunderland and there was Portsmouth early on. “I have no idea what happened." I was told Portsmouth and Sunderland were going to make a bid so then you think what that will look like, and can we do something ourselves off the back of it. But we have had limited time to do it. “But it just came at the end of play that Tommy Widdrington (City’s former head of recruitment) rang Dave Boddy and expressed Bristol Rovers’ interest and that was done in a short space of time. “Jonno was in Rotherham and drove down and got the paper work done at quarter to eleven last night, so it was a close one. “Yesterday morning he wasn’t going anywhere. It just unfolded over the day.” Robins revealed that Clarke-Harris has earned himself a lucrative deal at the Memorial Stadium that sets him up in life. I couldn’t stand in Jonno’s way either because of the contract that he’s earned, which is outstanding for him and allows him to develop his life off the field as well,” he said .“It’s a deal that sets him up. “The players that have gone haven’t been in the team of late and it just became clear that they would need to play and the window presented us with opportunities to move on and we’re left with the players that we have.” Abu Ogogo has also signed for the Gas, joining earlier in the day after cancelling his City contract by mutual consent and joining on a free, just seven months after signing on a free in the summer from Shrewsbury Town. Explaining what had gone wrong for Ogogo, Robins said: “He’s a great lad and just got his head down and worked but just the way the team is evolving means we couldn’t get him in.“He has gone off the Bristol Rovers with Jonno where they will try to further their careers.” So we did have some money left in the pot or Wael put his hand in his pocketYes and whilst you never know how true reports from local papers are it sounds as if it is a good deal for us in that he was “free” and that we did push the boat out to get a striker in. As you say Henbury, we did have money left or Wael’s dug deep. That it was the last deal reported at 5 minutes before deadline and the lad had to move quickly gives me hope that this was a deal everyone wanted to do. UTG! |
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